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‘Italy could have potassium battery gigafactory by 2030’ Polytechnic University of Turin professor Silvia Bodoardo told pv magazine Italia about the innovative battery projects her institution is working on.
Sergio Matalucci
12 hours ago
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Technologies
“Grid-forming technology is no longer experimental – it’s here and working” In grids increasingly dominated by renewables, grid-forming technology is emerging as critical tool for maintaining stability and ensuring reliable power system operation. In this interview with ESS News, Rui Sun, Sungrow’s Deputy General Manager-Grid Technology Center, explains how grid-forming works, why it matters, and where the technology is already proving its value. He elaborates on technical challenges, regulatory gaps, and why grid-forming could soon become the new industry standard.
Marija Maisch
Jul 07, 2025
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R&D
US DOE awards $14m for unique energy storage systems for critical facilities and infrastructure The US Department of Energy's (DoE) Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) fund will back an organic quinone flow battery and an iron and sodium long duration energy storage (LDES) system in California, plus a lithium battery with a novel cathode material in New York state.
Max Hall
Jul 04, 2025
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R&D
Batteries with 200 Wh storage per kW of solar capacity could mitigate curtailment in Spain Researchers have studied the energy and economic implications of the curtailment of solar energy in Spain over the past two years and concluded batteries can mitigate the problem. The academics calculated the impact of curtailment on levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and net present value (NPV).
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jul 01, 2025
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Flow batteries
Testing begins on 20 MWh, ‘Europe’s largest’ vanadium redox flow battery Fraunhofer ICT says the pilot facility has demonstrated how clean energy can feed the grid regardless of weather conditions.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jul 01, 2025
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R&D
Swedish startup testing silicon anode battery material Sweden-based Green14, a plasma silicon startup, said its silicon-based anode material is being tested by the battery group at RISE, Sweden’s national research organization.
Valerie Thompson
Jun 26, 2025
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Discounts don’t buy home battery trust in Australian rebate landscape, study finds A new study out of Curtin University in Perth has found that despite growing affordability from government rebates, Australian households hesitate to adopt home batteries due to significant non-financial barriers.
Ev Foley
Jun 26, 2025

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Sodium-ion batteries
Spanish research center makes sodium-ion battery advances ITE has manufactured a prototype sodium ion cell as part of the SOSBAT project to find more sustainable energy storage alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 12, 2025
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R&D
Australian battery startup develops innovative separators Battery technology startup Voltavate has secured AUD 850,000 ($553,000) in an oversubscribed, 'pre-seed' funding round led by Australian investor Artesian.
David Carroll
Jun 12, 2025
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Sodium-ion batteries
Indian university opens lithium- and sodium-ion battery research center Academics at the new site are exploring the use of glass-polymer composite electrolytes and the development of paper-based batteries, among its lines of research.
Uma Gupta
Jun 06, 2025
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R&D
Optimizing Carnot batteries for renewables storage Based on the the heat pump-organic rankine cycle, scientists in Portugal have created six different models of Carnot batteries for stationary storage. They investigated 16 different combinations of working fluids and created a multi-objective optimization for the best candidate.
Lior Kahana
May 26, 2025
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R&D
Munich research team improves lithium-ion conductors for solid-state batteries A new material made of lithium, antimony, and scandium is said to conduct lithium ions over 30 percent faster than any previously known material. According to the scientists, it also offers thermal stability.
Petra Hannen
May 09, 2025
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Flow batteries
Scientists in UK build solar redox flow battery with 9.54% solar-to-chemical efficiency The PV-driven redox flow battery can reportedly achieve a maximum solar-to-output electricity efficiency (SOEE) of 3.11% during a 36-hour period. The system incorporates a 25 sq cm heterojunction (HJT) photovoltaic device and is based on a neutral-pH aqueous iodine-bromine redox couple.
Emiliano Bellini
May 06, 2025
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R&D
Polar Night Energy plans second pilot sand-battery in Finland Polar Night Energy will build a second pilot plant in southern Finland to test its power-to-heat-to-power sand battery technology. The project aims to demonstrate the system’s ability to reconvert stored heat into electricity.
Patrick Jowett
May 05, 2025
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R&D
US’ Georgia Tech, Stryten Energy tap lead battery innovation A new battery energy storage system (BESS) will combine academic research and real-world deployment to create a living laboratory for energy storage experimentation.
Phoebe Skok
Apr 28, 2025
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R&D
E.ON partners with Superdielectrics to develop novel polymer-based energy storage E.ON is now working with a UK-based battery tech firm to advance more environmentally friendly energy storage for households.
Tristan Rayner
Apr 17, 2025
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